Something... and Half of Something

The propensity of the human male, particularly in his youth, to willfully engage in activities of a physically temerarious nature for the ostensible purposes of ego-gratification, self-congratulation or even the simple rising to a challenge from one of his peers, often results in the subject being soundly reminded that, indeed, actions have consequences. That, and the resounding fact that gravity repeats itself.

This is how Mother Nature culls the herd.

Oh, yeah. I forgot to add that I almost pissed myself watching this idiot do his Icarus impersonation!

At what point do you think he went "ohh $#!+"?

I'm sending this to my skate boarding grandsons, these are the antics of the crowd they run with. You can't tell them anything, I have personnally witnessed two hang gliders and an ultralight pilot do their death defying anti-gravity stunts, and lose. I once watched a woman skydiver fall and fall and fall to only bounce once on impact, then there was an iron worker who fell off the 90 ft level at work, he didn't bounce either. Makes you wonder what the hell was going on in the head of this idiot. Yes gravity does suck.

Jack,
Did you do foolish things as a youngin? And when you were that age no one could tell you anything.

DoubleU, yes indeed I have done some foolish things as a youngin', yep, nobody could tell me anything either. As a result I have a permanently unbendable thumb from severed tendons, numerous scars and a couple of old self inflicted gunshot wounds, one from quickdrawing the other from shooting at a flat concrete wall with the round bouncing back to the shooter, damn that was quick(Newton's Third Law). Some of the foolishness followed me into adulthood, as a powder monkey's helper I've crimped more than a few blasting caps with my teeth, had my butt rolled into a singed ball from being too close to one blast in a trench then dodging the falling debris(rocks and gravity again) and I have slid forever sideways at 120 MPH plus a couple of times(Newton's First and Second Laws). Just a few of my dumbass stunts that I hope to entice my fellow man not to try. At my age I'm reminded of all those bumps and dings every time I awaken. Would I do it again? Probably!!! :)